Drop off

Phrasal Verbs | B1

Listening exercises with “Drop off”

to drop somebody/something off = to take somebody/something to a place and leave them there.

For example, if you are in a taxi then the driver might ask you where you want to be dropped off. If you have children, perhaps you drop them off at school in the mornings. If a friend leaves their phone at your house, you might offer to drop it off at their office the next day.

It is quite useful to learn this phrasal verb together with to pick somebody/something up, which has the opposite meaning. e.g. Do you want to pick up the pizza or shall we drop it off?

Have a go at these micro-dictation exercises to hear this expression being used in context – how much can you understand?

Accent: North America